Congresswoman Sanchez Honors Social Networking Safety Leader SocialShield

SAN BRUNO, Calif., Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SocialShield, the leading online monitoring service for kids social networking activities, was honored this week by receiving a special Certificate of Congressional Recognition from the office of U.S. Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez in recognition of "Outstanding Work in Improving Internet Safety for Children."

With all of the risks on the internet and social media sites, protecting children and teens from cyberbullies and predators is taking on more urgency among parents and educators.  To help parents and guardians protect their children,  SocialShield scans, analyzes and reports what can't be seen in their child's social network activity if they try to monitor the activity on their own. The company brings suspicious or risky activity to parents' attention—quickly and easily so the parent can decide if they need to address the situation.

This real-time social networking activity analysis and reporting is the key to SocialShield's success and to its recognition by Congresswoman Sanchez.

"We are thrilled that our innovation and successes are being recognized by the leaders of our country's lawmakers," noted Co-Founder Noah Kindler. "Our company strives for excellence so it is a great privilege to receive this distinguished recognition from Congresswoman Sanchez."

"We live the urgency of this issue daily and we're delighted the US Congress acknowledges the importance of creating a safe online environment for our children," said SocialShield Co-Founder Arad Rostampour.

SocialShield is the only service that analyzes a child's friends by checking them against numerous data points to determine if a person is someone the parent should be concerned about. For example, parent's are alerted when an adult becomes a friend of a child, when someone appears suspicious or has no other friends in common with a child, or if something else looks out of the ordinary.

SocialShield also monitors social network activities for indications of cyberbullying or thoughts of suicide, over sharing of personal information, inappropriate pictures and reckless discussions about subjects like drugs, sex, violence, alcohol.  The web-based service offers parents peace of mind in knowing they are doing everything they can to protect their children on social networks.

"The SocialShield team is passionate about providing parents with the best possible monitoring service to help them keep their children safe on social networks," said Rostampour.

For details about SocialShield's social network monitoring service visit www.socialshield.com.

About SocialShield

SocialShield is the leading cloud-based social network monitoring service.  SocialShield gives parents affordable, easy-to-use, state-of-the-art tools to help them enhance Internet safety for their children in the online environment.  The patent-pending SocialShield technology flags parents about their children's activities on popular social networks so they can feel comfortable about who their children interact with online, what photos and conversations are being posted, and where children have profiles.  Yet, by operating primarily as an "exception reporting" technology, children can still use these networks with a feeling of privacy and independence. Based in San Bruno, CA, SocialShield is backed by USVP and Venrock as well as several notable private investors. For more information visit www.socialshield.com; Blog: http://blog.socialshield.com/; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SocialShield; Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/socialshield

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